diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-panthers-count.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-panthers-count.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6c05d743b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-panthers-count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+The --no-node-snapshot check needs to be done against process.execArgv instead of process.argv
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/helpers.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/helpers.ts
index 3dfa4589bf..6c117543ff 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/helpers.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 export function isNoNodeSnapshotOptionProvided(): boolean {
   return (
     process.env.NODE_OPTIONS?.includes('--no-node-snapshot') ||
-    process.argv.includes('--no-node-snapshot')
+    process.execArgv.includes('--no-node-snapshot')
   );
 }